EBERHART, MIGNON GOOD

The White Cockatoo

Garden City, Published for the Crime Club, Inc. By Doubleday, Doren & Company, Inc. 1933. Hard, 8vo. Early printing. Hard cover. Published Garden City, NY: Published for the Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doren & Company, Inc. 1933, no statement of first edition on verso. 8vo. 314pp. black cloth with red spine and cover titles and reverse block pictorials, top edge tinted red. Mild scuff line on block of cover pictorial and at hinge of rear cover, else fine. Pages clean and bright, page block straight and tight. An attractive copy. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009829

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

EILSHEMIUS, LOUIS M. [ELSHEMUS]

Nannie : A Song of the Heart

Boston, Richard G. Badger / The Gorham Press. 1907, 1st. Hard, 12mo. First edition. Hard cover in paper covered boards. Published Boston: Richard G. Badger / The Gorham Press, 1907. 12mo. 38pp. Black paper covered boards with publisher's cover and spine label. While better known as a painter (thank you, Marcel Duchamp!), Louis Michel Eilshemius wrote verse that echoes the longings for emotional authenticity seen in his paintings. Boards slightly bowed. Near fine. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009821

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Poetry

EILSHEMIUS, LOUIS M. [ELSHEMUS]

Songs of Southern Scenes

NY, Eastman Lewis. 1904. Hard, 8vo. Second Edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Eastman Lewis, 1904. 8vo. 158pp, illustrated with frontis and tissue guarded plates of paintings by the author. Red cloth with white titles, top edge gilting, printed on laid paper. While better known as a painter (thank you, Marcel Duchamp!), Louis Michel Eilshemius wrote verse that echoes the longings for emotional authenticity seen in his paintings. Some fade to the spine and front cover, light fray at the crown and upper tips. Pages bright, binding tight. Very good plus. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009822

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Poetry

(MASK AND WIG CLUB) WILLIAM ERNST, JR.

CAPT. KIDD, U.S.N. A Burlesquedy in Two Acts : Presented by the Mask and Wig Club as Their Stellar Attraction for 1899

Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania / Mask and Wig Club. 1899, 1st. Soft Cover, 12mo. First edition. Original softcover. Published Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania / Mask and Wig Club, 1899. 12mo. wrappers, 32pp. plus printed covers. "Libretto by William Ernst, Jr. Introducing Rice's Company of Artists." Abrasion to top corner of front cover, sweating stain top corner of several sheets, soiling to covers. Good. Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009776

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Keywords: Performing Arts

EVANS, RICHARD PAUL

The Last Promise

New York, New York, U.S.A. E P Dutton. 2002, 1st. (ISBN: 0525946969). Hard, 8vo. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published NY: Dutton, 2002. Very fine in near very fine dj - dj has tiny nick at the crown. Very Fine/Near Very Fine.

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Book number: 000999

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Keywords: Evans Richard Last Promise Italy Fiction Mothers Sons Women 0525946969

FITZGERALD, EDWARD ( RENDERED INTO ENGLISH VERSE BY)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

NY, Weathervane. 1977, 1st. Hard, 4to. First edition thus. Facsimile of the 1909 edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Weathervane, 1977, first printing. 4to. 8 3/4" x 11 1/2", unpaginated, illustrated with 20 full color plates (complete) by Edmund Dulac, reproduced from the first edition published in 1909. Elaborate gilt stamped cream cloth with decorative endpapers. Fine in very good, edgeworn dust jacket with a chip along bottom edge, several small, closed tears. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 008977

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FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE

Salammbo: A Story of Ancient Carthage.; Illustrated by Alexander King

NY, The Brown House. 1930, 1st. Hard, Folio. First edition, limited to 800 umbered copies, number 279. Published NY: The Brown House, 1930. Folio, 9 3/4" x 12 1/2", 348pp. 18 full page illustrations by Alexander King plus numerous designs in the margins. Bound in full leather. Leather backstrip missing, wear along the edges. Good. Internally very good. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009010

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

FOLSOM, ALLAN

Day of Confession

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Little Brown & Co. 1998, 1st. (ISBN: 0316287555). Hard, 8vo. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published Boston: Little Brown, 1998. Near fine in fine dj. Near Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 000998

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Keywords: Folsom Allan Day Confession Addison Harry Fictitious Character Fiction 0316287555

FRANCIS, DICK

Field of Thirteen

NY, Putnam Pub Group. 1998, 1st. (ISBN: 039914434x). Hard, 8vo. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published NY: Putnam, 1998, first printing. A lovely, near very fine copy in near very fine dj. Near Very Fine/Near Very Fine.

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Book number: 000801

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Keywords: Francis Dick Field Thirteen First Edition Fiction Mystery Detective Short Stories 039914434x

FRY, CHRISTOPHER

Curtmantle. A Play

NY and London, Oxford University Press. 1961, 1st. Hard, 12mo. First Edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY and London: Oxford University Press, 1961. Red paper covered boards with crimson design to cover. Historical drama of Henry II. Fine copy in bright yellow dj with some fading to the spine. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 000658

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Fry Christopher Curtmantle Play First Edition Fiction Performing Arts

FRY, CHRISTOPHER

The Dark is Light Enough. A Winter Comedy

London, Oxford University Press. 1954, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Oxford University Press, 1954. Tight, unread, fine copy. Name in ink on f.l. dj price clipped but fine. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 000133

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Keywords: Fry Christopher Dark Light Enough First Edition Novel Fiction Play

FRY, CHRISTOPHER

A Sleep of Prisoners

London, Oxford University Press. 1951, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Oxford Univ. Prewss, 1951. Name in pencil and bookseller label on end paper. Fine in dj with mildly tanned spine. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 000118

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Keywords: Fry Christopher Sleep Prisoners First Edition Novel Fiction

FRYE, ROLAND MUSHAT

Shakespeare's Life and Times a Pictorial Record

Princeton, Princeton University Press. 1967, 1st. Hard, 4to. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published Princeton: Princeton Univ Pr, 1967. 4to. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4." Unpaginated, 114 b/w illustrations. An exceptionally fine copy in a fine dj. Near Very Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 000929

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: Shakespeare Essays Literary & Modern First Editions

LEWIS GASTON, LEARY

William Faulkner of Yoknapatawpha County, (Twentieth-century American writers)

NY, Crowell. 1973, 1st. (ISBN: 0690891733). Hard, 8vo. Ex-Library, First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Crowell, 1973. 214pp. Ex-library copy with pocket and bar code label on rear pastedown, single line rubber stamp on top edge, dj glued on. Clean tight, no writing or markings in text. Near fine in vg dj. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.

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Book number: 000577

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: Lewis Gaston Leary William Faulkner First Edition 1897 1962 Juvenile 0690891733

GILB, DAGOBERTO

The Last Known Residence of Mickey Acuna

NY, Grove Press. 1994, 1st. (ISBN: 0802115543). Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Grove, 1994. Very fine copy in very fine dj. Very Fine/Very Fine.

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Book number: 000020

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Gilb Dagoberto Last Know Residence Mickey Acuna First Edition Novel Fiction 0802115543